Sourcing

Has anyone had success sourcing deals in the lower middle-market with free resources? We are just launching our firm and haven't moved on a technology platform (e.g. Pitchbook) yet, so I'm currently trying to aggregate a list of small businesses we can reach out to through some sort of free online offering. 

Please post any good sites below, and if I come across any I will do the same.

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As you can imagine, any central database would generate hundreds of approaches to the same lower mid-market companies from numerous funds doing the same thing, over and over. Personally, I would choose a sector and then look at trade associations, pre-Covid industry event participants at trade shows, etc. This approach might also educate you how to tailor your pitch to specific pain points faced by companies in a given industry. 

 

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